Twenty Years at Hull-House
Easton, 1991. 462 pages. Illustrated by Norah Hamilton. Thick 8vo, gilt stamped blue leather, a.e.g. Easton Press, (1991). Fine. More
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Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes.
New York: Macmillan, 1912. Illustrations by Norah Hamilton. 462pp. 8vo, brown cloth, colored pictorial label, edges of corners lightly worn, spine ends rubbed. New York: Macmillan, 1912. More
A Century of Progress Exposition: Official View Book
Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, 1933. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. Slim oblong 8vo, paper wrappers. Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, (1933). A very good(+) copy. More
The Chicago Historical Society, 1856-1956; An Unconvential Chronicle.
illus. 8vo, cloth, boxed; (ex-lib). N.Y.: Rand McNally, (1956). More
The Great Chicago Fire; Described in Seven Letters by Men and Women Who experienced Its Horrors.
illus. 85pp. 8vo, cloth. Chicago Historical Soc., 1946. vg. More
City in a Garden; Homes in the Lincoln Community
Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. Many photo Illus. 4to, green cloth, glassine d.w. Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. More
Chicago On Foot; An Architectural Walking Tour
Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1969. Many photo Illus., several maps. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. slightly chipped. Chicago: Follett Publishing, (1969). Very good. More
Chicago's Famous Buildings. Third Edition
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Many photo Illus. Small 8vo, pr. wrs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1980). Near Fine. More
Capone; The Man and the Era.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Illus. 701pp. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York Simon and Schuster, (1994). Very good. More
Three Nights in August; Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy, Inside the Mind of a Manager
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2005). Very good(+) Study of the actions of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during a three day series against the Chicago Cubs. More
Columbus and Columbia; A Pictorial History of the Man and the Nation
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. Chromolithographs, one folding. Over 500 b/w Illus. Folding street map of Chicago. 832pp. 4to, original decorated blue cloth, folding chromolithograph with a few small tears near edge, with no loss of text, cloth lightly soiled on back cover, corners lightly worn on edges and bumped. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. First Edition Four books in one volume that embrace a review of our country's progress, a complete history of America, a new life..... More
The Uses of the Gothic: Planning and Building the Campus of the University of Chicago, 1892-1932.
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1983. Photo Illus. 262pp., Oblong 4to, beige cloth, d.w. chipped, some pages at end of book are slightly wavy on bottom margins. Chicago: University of Chicago Library, (1983). More
The Magic City; A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World's Fair and Its Treasures of Art.
New York: Arno Press, 1974. 300 plates. Oblong 4to, tan cloth, portion of d.w. stuck to front flyleaf and last blank page, otherwise very good. New York: Arno Press, 1974. Facsimile of the St. Louis, 1894 edition. More
The Magic City; A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World's Fair and Its Treasures of Art.
256 plates. 16 issues. thin, oblong folio, original pr. wrs.; (lacks parts 6 and 18; wrs. detached on parts 1 and 14; front wr. and title page of part 1 dampstained in margins, otherwise very good). Philadelphia: Historical Publishing, 1894. Issued in weekly parts from January 15 to May 14, 1894. Each issue contains 16 plates of the Columbian World's Fair of 1893. More
The City Lost & Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Illustrated in color and black and white. 272 pages. 4to, cloth backed pictorial covers. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2014). A near fine copy. Initialed by all three authors on title page. More
My Chicago.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Norton, (1992). vg Presentation copy. More
The Midwesterner; The Story of Dwight H. Green.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago: Wilcox & Follett, (1948). vg. More
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1979. Foreword by Saul Bellow, recollections by Carol Fox, and graphic design by R.D. Scudellari. Patterned endpapers; profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs, some full-bleed. 233 pages, 4to, orange-y-brown patterned leatherette with decorative gilt spine, dust wrapper (some chipped to upper corners and curling to edges). Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago, (1979). A near fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper. More
Cities Of Many Men; A Wanderer's Memories of London, Paris, New York, and Chicago during Half a Century.
boston: 1925. illus. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1925. More
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and history of Playing Cards.
London: John Russell Smith, 1848. 33 inserted plates, 8 in full color, 17 text illustrations. Rubricated title. Thick 8vo, original purple cloth (spine darkened), gilt spine title, yellow coated endpapers, pp. [viii], 343pp, (some pages unopened). London: John Russell Smith, 1848. First Edition. Very Good (+). Contents include: Gypsies, fortune-telling, tarots, plus a bibliographical references and index. More
Chicago; A Pictorial Guide
Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 1995. Many color photo Illus. 95pp. 4to, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled. (Stillwater): Voyageur Press, (1995). One of 1150 copies. More
American Pharaoh; Mayor Richard J. Daley:
Boston: Little Brown, 2000. His Battle for Chicago and the Nation. Illus. 614pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (2000). Near Fine Book has remainder marks. More
The Buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition. Published by Authority
New York: Brentano, 1892. 12 photogravure plates. 4pp. of text. Oblong folio, 1/2 blue cloth, boards soiled, edges of boards worn, front flyleaf with several tears, light foxing to plates. New York: Brentano's, (1892). First Edition. More
Chicago, 1910-1929, 1930-1970; Building, Planning, and Urban Technology
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973. Illus. 2 volumes. 8vo, pr. wrs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1973, 1974). Very good(+) Volume One: 1910-1929. Volume Two: 1930-1970. More
Opera in Chicago: A Social and Cultural History, 1850-1965.
New York: Appleton-Century, 1966. Illustrated in black & white. 393pp, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; d.w. edge-worn with small tears. New York: Appleton-Century, (1966). First Edition. More